European
smart metering regulation good practice guidelines releasedAll
customers should benefit from both electricity and gas smart
metering, and there should be no discrimination when rolling out
the smart meters, the European Regulators’ Group for Energy and
Gas (ERGEG) has recommended in its final guidelines of good
practice on the regulatory aspects of smart metering in Europe.

Smart
meters must protect consumer interests in U.K. As
suppliers start to install smart meters ahead of the mandated
rollout in Britain it is important to ensure the continued
safeguarding of consumers' interests, says the regulator Ofgem in
a new document setting out proposals for these “early movers.”

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Event Updates

How
will you increase the ROI on your meter deployment? Understanding
how your customer interacts with your metering infrastructure is
critical. Beyond meter deployments such as in-home displays, smart
home systems and smart appliances are lauded as the solution to
unlocking energy efficiency through energy visualization, customer
engagement and built-in intelligence.

Smart
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you want to be in 9 months? If you want to: Push smart home market
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seen as the market leader in the smart home industry, Share best
practice results from the first European pilot projects, Increase
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makers, then join us in Amsterdam for Smart Homes 2011!